Archive for the 'zombies' Category

Madame Cocoa Cookiebottom goes to Threadless

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

A few weeks ago I received an email from the peeps Threadless that literally made me squeal with joy on the El. To paraphrase, it said, “Hey Natalie, I see that you are awesome. We at Threadless are also awesome. Perhaps you’d like to be a Threadcakes judge this year?” After I got done making all [...]

I am now officialy a school project.

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

It’s a dream come true. Now I just need to be a guest speaker in some one’s class and I will have fulfilled the majority of my nerdy fantasies. A fellow journalism student Chrissy Mahlmeister interviewed me for a class she took over J-term. It was about blogging, I don’t know exactly what the class [...]

The Joy of Cooking Humans

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

So here it is, the grand finale of my Zombies in Popular Media class. My midterm project on Scott Kenemore’s The Zen of Zombie led to him coming to speak with my class, so I’m hoping this cookbook will at least land me an internship in the Eat Out section of Time Out Chicago. I [...]

The Zen of Zombie

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

This is a speech I gave to my Zombies in Popular Media class today. I’ve also included the file if you want to download the brochure I passed out. As it says in the credits, the book is by Scott Kenemore and the Cultured Dead artwork is by Putrid (used with permission) myspace.com/putridgoreart Good morning [...]

Low-fat Apple Cinnamon Yogurt Muffin

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Zombi 2 MuffinOriginally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Yesterday I watched Fulci’s Zombi 2 for oh…the 500th time? But this time I watched it as a student (in my zombie class) and paid more attention to the cinematic elements and cultural context of the film. I also paid attention to the eye-splinter scene because it’s [...]